If you’ve had the growing sense that all is not well with Australia, its economy and future, this keynote address at the Australian Institute of Progress Brisbane on 23rd August 2024, will show you why.
It is well worth the hour+ watch. Yes watch it here. It is full of useful visuals explaining the current and future (ill)health of the Australia.
Former Chief Economist ACCI, Burchell Wilson said it was “Mesmerizing, one of the best critiques of Australia’s immigration policy in a generation. Erudite, brave and uncompromising.”
Others have said “This is the most comprehensive take down of what’s going on in Australia I have ever seen. Jarring, poignant and incredibly well researched” (@MrCable0x) and you may even agree that is is “Like watching a one-hour scream” (@PaulThemas).
No time to watch? Read the original essay here.
Who is the speaker? Matt Barrie is an Australian technology entrepreneur, the CEO of Freelancer.com, an online freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace and was an adjunct associate professor at the University of Sydney. Among a slew of awards, In 2014, Smart Company magazine named him the most influential person in technology in Australia and also named in the top 100 most influential engineers by Engineers Australia.
We share these views not to frighten you, rather to help you build your knowledge and understanding of the situation you’re sensing, so you can take action and ask for the changes you’d prefer to see.
